Marie Celentino
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Director, Immigration Law Clinic
Assistant Professor of Law
Degrees
- B.A. New York University
- J.D. Harvard Law School
Biography
Professor Celentino joined the law faculty in 2025. With a career dedicated exclusively to immigration law, her scholarship includes both immigration and administrative law, with a particular focus on crimmigration—the intersection of criminal and immigration law—and public benefits issues affecting immigrants.
A member of the State Bar of Michigan, she brings professional experience with both public interest organizations and private practice. Her background in clinical legal education includes prior service as a teaching fellow and interim clinic director. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and chairs the Michigan chapter’s asylum committee. She also serves on the State Bar of Michigan’s unauthorized practice of law committee.
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Courses Taught
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Selected Publications
In Government We Trust: Judicial Deference to Government Evidence in Removal Proceedings, VAND. L. REV. (Mar. 2025)
The New Public Charge Immigration Rule and Its Impact, Michigan Bar Journal (with Tania Morris Diaz) (Dec. 2020)
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Selected Presentations
Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission, Presenter for Immigration Seminar (Aug 2022)
Federal Bar Association, Immigration Law Conference, Panelist for Navigating Marriage-Based I-130 Petitions (May 2022)
Oakland Literacy Council, Presenter for Immigration in Michigan: Myths vs. Facts (Sep 2021)
Committee on Regional Training, Presenter for Public Charge and the Chilling Effect (Apr 2021)
American Immigration Lawyers Association – Michigan, Presenter for Public Charge Rule Essentials (Feb 2020)
Protecting Immigrant Families – Michigan, Presenter for Public Charge Legal Advocate Training, (Oct 2020)
Committee on Regional Training, Presenter for Empowering Immigrant Families: Updates on Public Charge & Public Benefits for Legal Services (Oct 2019)